laserblue
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Buzzers said:And he's only seen all this in the last 6 months.... before that he wanted to stay for the rest of his life.... I'm even not saying its not the case (I dont by the way, things aren't ideal obviously but I dont think they're quite the stuff of City fans dreams), I'm just saying it doesn't seem quite right to me. There had been 2 transfer windows since Ronaldo left and still Rooney didn't see all this until August this year? What changed?
rooney isn't the sharpest knife in the box but clearly a tipping point has been reached. he's realised, belatedly perhaps, that the future is neither bright nor red. quite possibly he didn't fancy another season of carrying a team including dross like evans, anderson & gibson as well as the quartet edging towards retirement. the signing of even more dross like bebe & smalling may well have put the tin hat on it.
Jesus, so now not winning the CL and Premier every year is a sign that you're in decline? We missed the league by 1 point last year, against an Chelsea side in excellent form...
that's not what i meant & you know it. the annual trophy haul is diminishing and, i'll say it again, united will win nowt this season. you'll do well to qualify for the 4th champions league place.
As for the 'you've only played small teams' argument, well you can only play who your scheduled to play, lets wait and see what happens against the big boys. Complacency is what we've been guilty of in games where we've let leads slip, I doubt it will be a factor in the bigger games.
The two best teams we've played this year have been Chelsea (admittedly in the Charity Sheild) and Valencia away which is a tough test, we won both.
we (& i include united apologist darren lewis in this) were talking about the premier league only & you know it. you can put as much spin on the results as you like but the fact remains that united have been performing below par. the most significant factor for you now is that even lowly teams that have previously been taken apart no longer fear united - even at old trafford. expect to drop more points more often. and the rag bag outfit that ferguson will be reduced to fielding stand to get tonked by the top sides.